Wavelength by Van Morrison
Vin Maskell Geelong 1979, Melbourne 1982We were talking and Van was singing. Tom, maybe you talked about your family, whom I’d never met. And maybe about your father, your distant, distant father.
WE BUILT THIS CITY ON ROCK AND ROLL by STARSHIP Story narrated by David Oke
This cheesy American 1980s song, with an equally tacky film clip, provokes a memory bathed in anger, frustration and disappointment - my first experience of really distrusting a real estate agent.
We Can Work It Out by The Beatles. Story by Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis 8.55am. Driving to school, Elsternwick. July 2003.After the first verse Rosie remembers my story about being tied to a goal post at State School and asks me to tell it again.
We Walk The Same Line by Everything But The Girl. Story by Hazel Wood
Hazel Wood Yeovil, England, November 2010At 3am, alone in the alien landscape of medically-induced fear, I reach for the only comfort available: my iPod. With its unnerving intuition, ‘shuffle’ offers up a song I have, up to now, entirely misunderstood.
WEATHER WITH YOU by CROWDED HOUSE Story by Smokie Dawson
The immediacy of streaming could never quite replace the satisfaction of buying, owning, and holding music in my hands. And the streaming service’s omnipresent “Daily Mix” – chosen especially for me! – was not so much spookily playful as downright nefarious, with the accompanying emails bordering on harassment.
WEEVILS IN THE FLOUR by ROY BAILEY Story by Luke Davies
The afternoon sun came through the west facing window as I tinkered on some project and the radio was glued to Radio National. The radio has served me well after being rescued from a dumpster.